Artificial bait



WILLIAM STOLLEY, OI DOWAGIAU, 'hIICHIGAN, ASSIG-NUR T0 JAMES TEIEDFDGNSSUNS, ENG, Oil? DOWAGIAC, MICHIGAN, A GORPQRATIGN OF ll/JLICHIGAN.

ARTIFIC j t g gggfi Specification or fi'ietters Potent, P a-{ign tedthing, 1, 1922, Application filed January 17, 1921. Serial No. 4$7,931.I

' Tool? 'ZU/LO Htziii may concern:

is it known that I, lVir-mimr .tlL. SToLLiir, a citizen oi the Unitedtitres, residing at Dowagiac, in the county of Cass and :jtate ofMichigan, have invented new and useful improvements in Artificial Baits,of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description,reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to artificial baits,'and more particularly to therear hooh fasten ing for an artificial bai in artificial baits or' thetype con'iprising a number or hooks se' a wooden plug with curedthereto, it has hereto tore been common to secure the rear hook to theplug by means (it a screw-eye screwed axially into the rear end of theplug. l Vith this form or con struction, howeve it has been found thatin casting the bait the eye oi the hook is apt to ride up on the upperhall of the screweye and beconiecaught in this posi tion, so that whenthe bait lands in the water and is drawn therethrough the rear hookiscaught in improper posrion, in which. sitiou it prevents the propermotion of the slug in the water, and in which position also he points ofthe hook are not properly preented for catching the fish.

One oil the objects of my invention is to provioe a fastening tor therear hook of an artificial bait which will prevent the rear boot: frombeing caught inan improper posltion.

llurther objects will appear from the detailed description to follow andFrom the appemled claims.

in the drawings in which two embodiments of my lTlVGH'tlOD. areshown-.liig. l. is a side elevation of an artificial 2 is a rear elevation ofthe bait shown in Fig. l; i

Fig. is a vertical axial section through the rear end of the bait;

F l is a bottom planview ot therear end of the bait;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the rear hook fastening;

Fig. {5 is a perspective View showing a different form of rear hookfastening;

Fig. 7 is a bottom plan view of an artificial bait showing the rear hook"Fastening of Fig. 6; and

' just described. lit comprises .l ig. 8 a side elevation of the reartion of an artificial baitj hool: fastening of Fig. 6.

Referring first to the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, theartificial bait shown therein comprises a body 10 which may be of woodand which may be suitably ornamented if desired, and plurality of hooks11 and 12, secured to the body 10. The bait may, if desired, beconstructed so that it will float when rest, and may be shaped so as tohave anyjdesired motion in the water calculated to attractthe fish. Thehook ll may be secured to the body 10 in any usual or suitable manner,for instance as shown in the patent to itlharles lileddon, No.1,276,062, dated riugustzo, i913, lishl lures. lhe rear hook fastening,bestshown in Fig. 5, comprises a piece of formed wire 18 passing throughthe eye let oi the rear hook 152. This forn'ied wire has its middleportion bent to forni a U-shaped portion for engagement with thehooleeye i l, and has one end portion 15 flattened for eng: emen-twiththe body 10 and has other end portion formed as a screw to screwaxially into the rear end of the wooden.

P showing the rear is provided with slot 16 through which a screw 17 isinserted, the screw 17 being screwedinto the body ll). The screw portionis screwed axially into the wooden body if), until the U-shaped portionlilis in proper position, when the screw 17' is haunted through the slot16 and screwed i iii 0 the body 10. The shape of the termed wire 13 issuch that it can be readily made by a ,toinatic machinery so that it canbe purchased in quantities.

'l. he slot .16 doesaway with the necessity for any great accuracy inlocating the hole for the screw 17.

The shape of the formed wire 13 and its relation to the body 10 is suchthat it is im possible for the hook to get caught up in an improperposition, as in the type of fastening in which the hook is secured bymeans of an ordinary screw-eye into the rear end of the bait.

The form of my invention shown in Figs. 6, 7 and 8 is similar infunction to the form a piece of wire 19 (Fig. 6) having itsniiddleportion bent end ot-the body shap of th and 23 i ithf the body of ascommon subject matter more secure I fastening, W'hlCll 1s a screw-eyescrewed axican easily become unscrewed out. In thepresent'torm of fastenng, there to form a U-shaped portion 20, and haying one end 21 flattenedfor engagement Wlth the body lOQandapertured forsthe reception of ascrew for securing it to the body, and its other end flattened for.engagement iththe 10 of the bait, and ape1fturedtor the reception of. a.screw tobe screwed axially into the body 10.. The flattened portion 21Which engages the lower surface of the body 10 1S provided With a slotthrough which the screw" 17' lS inserted, and screwed into the body 10.The

flattened portion 23 isapertured. at 2% for.

thereceptiono'i a (screw 25 Which is screwed axially intothe body ofindicated at 26 to afiord a fiat surface for engagement with theflattened. portion 23. The engagement of 1 the flattened portions 21 thebait supports thetastening lirnily against any tendency to he twistedor; racked out of position. The

formed Wire can be readily purchased in quantities.

This application. is

is concernedot' my copendin'g application Serial No. 251,365,

. filed August 26, 1918, allowed September 13,

rear hookffasteningislmuch stronger and than the ordinary rear hook allyinto the rear end of thebody and which or even pulled are-tWoscreWmembers Which extend substantially at right angles to each otheim will 'ters Patent of means, comprising There is no force. tending; to unscrewthe lower screw, and any force tending to unscrew'the axial screw memberis resisted by.

the lower screw.

Having thus described my invention, llllib and desire to secure by Letthe United States is 1. An artificial bait comprising an elongated body,a rear hook, and means for so I claim as new securing said rear hook tosaid body that the shank of the hook will be prevented from becomingentangled With the securing a metallic fastener hav ing' a U-shapedportion lying substantially in a yertical plane through the body andlocated underneath and at the rear endotsaid body, the rear partof saidU fshaped portion "being at; such an angle that the hook can ving beinbody that the points of the hook the bait 1Q. The rear-end ot the baitmay be flattened oil as 19 is such that it:

a continuation so far Itwillfhe seenthat the anchorage for this endotsaid elongatedbody.

swing to a position in which the shank is parallel to the axis 01'? thebody, thetasteir located so near the rear endao'fthe "will clear therear end When the shank of the hook is parallel to the axis of the body.2. An artificialbait comprising an elon-. gated body, a rear hook, andmeans for so securing said rear hook to said body that the shank of thehook will. be prevented from becoming entangled with the securing means,comprising ametallic fastener having a U-shaped portion for engagementWitl the eye ot the hook, saidlJ-shaped portion being located underneaththe rear-end ot the with the eye ot the hook, and a screw threadedshank-portion, said Ushaped portion being located underneath therear'end otthe body, and so close to the rear'end that the points otthehook will-clear the body, when the shank'ot the hook is parallel to theaxis of the body, said screw -threaded shank portion being screwedaxially into the rear 4;. An artificial bait comprising an elon gatedbody, a rear hook, and means torso securin saidrear hook to said bodythat the shank of the hook Will be prevented from becoming entangledWith "the securing means, comprising an integral metallio fastenerhaving a U-shaped portion, and a flattened apertured portion, saidU-shaped portion being located. underneath the rear end oi: the body andso close to the that the points oil: the hook will clear the body whenthe shank of the hook is parallel to the axis of the body, saidscrew-tlrreaded shank being screwed axiallyinto the rear end of saidelongated body, said flattened. portion lying against the rear lower1:;ortion ot' the "body, and a screw extending through rear en d said aJerture and extendin into said body. 1.

in Witness whereof, I have hereunto su'b scr bed my name.

WILLIAM. STOLLEY.

